Is Gio Bard Zero a Real Wizard? The Story Behind Viral Posters in Denver

Making Magic
By Justin Criado

Gio Bard Zero

is not a real wizard. At least that’s what one “poster-slinging rascal” would like everyone to believe, he says.

Posters discrediting Zero’s mystical powers have been popping up all around Denver in defiance of his Friday, November 17, concert at the Studio Loft in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

“I will actually have an interaction with this person on stage during my show,” Zero says of the disinformation campaign organized against him. “The idea is this poster-slinging rascal might make an appearance at the show, where he will learn the true meaning of music and magic.”

The Denver musician’s performance is much more than a celebration of his debut solo album, Songs of Life and Death, which will be released the day of the…